Showing posts with label metal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metal. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Honeybee Showcase Heavy Metal

Welcome to Honeybee Showcase Wednesday July 13, 2011.
Our Queen Bee took time away from her vacation to do Monday's Motivational Heavy Metal!!!
Here is my card version. I used aluminum foil adhered to cardstock and put thru my Cuttlebug embossing folder.
I call this card "Parts left over???"Seems to happen alot at the Ford house when we do a "project"! Judy Ford
This is my stab at foil tape from the local hardware store...
I used my SU embossing folder - great impressions but....I must have squished it too hard...
some of the gooo from the tape oozed out and stuck to my embossing folder...
a little Goo Be Gone cleared it up..... and don't use your MS punch on this heavy sticky tape either....
oh my what a mess... thank goodness for Goo Be Gone, ruler and Cricut pick...

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I made this beautiful butterfly at Stampfest.  It was so easy and fun.  We stamped the butterfly on cardstock with VersaMark then used the sticky embossing power.  After we used the heat gun we sprinkled it with glitter.  Next you glue it onto a soda can. ( I picked Pepsi of course. ) you cut out the butterfly and shape the wings to however you would like.  The last step is to glue a pin onto the back with Super Glue.  I love these and you can do them is so many colors.
 
Huggles, Wanda
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Now you give your heavy metal a try and link up back here to show us your hard work.
thanks for joining us at Betty Bee's Buzz!!!





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Monday, July 11, 2011

Monday Motivational ~ Heavy Metal!

Welcome to our Monday Motivational tutorial.  Sorry it is posting a bit late.  I am out of town, and posting from a remote location.  I am excited to bring you a fun project that is easy, versatile, and useful.  I want to thank Monica Weaver from Add A Little Dazzle for her inspiration.
My project is metal covered hand sanitizers!  These are embossed and specially colored. Imagine what themes you could fix these for!!  Watch for the one in the last photo :) Bwahahahah!!

Betty Brett

Start with small hand sanitizers.  I got mine from the dollar store, three in a box.  The metal tape I used is called Aluminum or Flashing Tape (and it's the same I used for my red, white and blue insulated cup video a couple of weeks ago).  It comes from your local home improvement store in a nice BIG roll for about $8.00.
Now, here's the part I learned the REALLY hard way!  The only coloring medium that works on this project is a paint!  Wanna know how I know???  I've tried everything else :)  How does a Copics instructor FORGET that hand sanitizer is a solvent for Copics?  They color this tape beautifully, BUT when you use hand sanitizer, it takes the color off, and onto your hands!  (Same with any alcohol based marker!)  The same would happen with any water based ink... therefore, after lots of experimentation, I have discovered that Elmer's paint markers work very well for this project! They come in lots of plain and pearlized colors.
After coloring the tape, place it in your favorite embossing folder, and run through the embossing machine.
Then use a sanding block to remove the color from the raised image!  The silver really pops!! This is fast and easy.
I remove the labels from the bottles, then peel the backing from the tape, revealing the very sticky adhesive.

 Carefully wrap around the bottle, and you have a great project!  This one would make a great gift for a guy,
or "potion" at Halloween!!
 
I hope you will be making something from metal tape, a soda can, metal sheets, or some other "Heavy Metal" with us this week!
 
Happy creating ~
 
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